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March ended with this uplifting news: For the first time in seven years, no U.S. soldiers died that month in combat. Not one. It's a relieving statistic, suggesting that the heavy toll in lives of U.S. military intervention is coming to an end. That would be the wrong assessment. Because April began with this bloody gore: A soldier being treated for depression and anxiety bought a handgun, killed three other soldiers and wounded 16 at a military base in Texas. He then committed suicide. Mental health is the new battlefield for many returning soldiers. At Fort Hood, the actions of Army Specialist Ivan Lopez might well serve as the military's Sandy Hook Elementary School....

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March ended with this uplifting news: For the first time in seven years, no U.S. soldiers died that month in combat. Not one.
It's a relieving statistic, suggesting that the heavy toll in lives of U.S. military intervention is coming to an end.
That...

Sen. Bernie Sanders had a good quote the other day in case you missed it: "If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go to war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about. We have a moral obligation to support...

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Some Republican leaders are calling for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign because of recent scandals at medical centers. But two influential...

U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's visit to Connecticut earlier this month to promote his new all-automated claims processing system was just so much "blah, blah, blah," according to one unimpressed Vietnam vet.
Who can blame...

Stories that surround homelessness are often difficult to hear, especially when they come from men and women who have served in our military. Despite our best intentions and clear national goals, meeting the needs of our most vulnerable veterans remains a...

In 2009, when veterans' homelessness was becoming a national embarrassment, five houses owned by the state sat empty across from the State Veterans Home & Hospital in Rocky Hill. The houses were once used by staff.
The Courant asked state...

Team capsules for area high school baseball teams that responded to The Courant's request for information:
BERKSHIRE LEAGUE
LEWIS MILLS
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Coach: Vic Rinaldi
Top players: Jeff Maytas, sr., right field; Chris Long, sr., third base/left...

— Cpl. Robert Brodie's sword, on display Saturday at Central Connecticut State University, is forever jammed in its scabbard by a bullet that probably would have killed him.
The Connecticut cavalry trooper's close call is among thousands of stories...

Eric Ting respects superstitions, especially the one that says you can't say "Macbeth" aloud in a theater without dire consequences. ("The Scottish Play" is used instead.)"I think superstition is a powerful force," says the...

Greenwich politicians are still mourning the recent death of former state Sen. Emil "Bennie'' Benvenuto, who was ostracized from the Republican Party after supporting independent Lowell P. Weicker for governor in 1990.Benvenuto was a longtime fixture...

While many veterans and their families planned to watch President Barack Obama's speech on Iraq Tuesday night, few seem to think that the formal end of America's combat role there will make much difference for them or for the strife-torn country where...

Richard Blumenthal calls them "misplaced words."
The attorney general and presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate has said on a few occasions that he served "in" Vietnam; he actually spent the war years stateside and now says...

The commander of Connecticut's Veterans of Foreign Wars called Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's claims to have served in Vietnam "outrageous." But most rank-and-file veterans across the state said Tuesday that they are standing behind a...

University of Connecticut researchers have launched a study to determine whether a new method of treating post-traumatic stress disorder could help veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
The U.S. Justice Department has given the UConn Health Center a...

William Carey never knew much about what his father and namesake did during his service in the South Pacific during World War II.
Then the discovery of his father's wartime diary after his death in 1980 and a chance Google search years later changed...

The Connecticut Veterans History Project, an online archive at Central Connecticut State University, includes video interviews with 190 Connecticut veterans who served in U.S. conflicts including World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan...

The city officially became the owner of Eckersley Hall — the former St. Sebastian School — on Monday, buying it from the church parish for $800,000.
Officials plan to turn most of the 12,870-square-foot building into a senior center, and use some of it...

BRISTOL — Mayor Art Ward was hospitalized Saturday evening after choking at dinner, according to people familiar with the situation.
Ward, 63, apparently lost consciousness after choking on food at the Italian Social Club, and reportedly did not respond...

He sits on a wicker chair in a small, messy studio apartment. The Venetian blinds rattle and the smell of Mexican spices from the restaurant across the street flavors the air.
This is Rob Simmons' home for one more day.
Simmons still looks like a...

Backstage before a debate between the two main candidates vying for Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. House, the moderator joked with John Lewis, the Democrat, asking whether he had brought his guitar to perform.
The Republican, Ryan Zinke, a former Navy...